Book I. 



GARDENS OF YORKSHIRE. 



1079 



Upton Bait, near Northampton ; T. S. W. 



Pamwell, Esq. I Wakefield Lodge, -near Towcester; Duke of Grafton. 



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7581 YORKSHIRE. A central, and, in part, marine county, of 3,698,380 acres ; the surface varied, 

 confining several mountains, extensive moors, and some royal forests ; the subsoil most generally rocky 

 nrTtonv no public garden or park : a subscription botanic garden at Hull, and nurseries and market- 

 Sarden* at aH the large towns It abounds in residences, especially in the We* Riding, where nearly 

 loo Ire Sen ioned in rL Beauties of England and Wales, as worthy of notice. The farmers' gardens 

 Te kentTn a good slate in the better parts of the county; and at Leeds there are some neat eottage- 

 eard-ns At Iherbome, in the West Riding, the wine-sour plum, one of the best baking sorts, abounds 

 fnd thrives on , limSton *e soils, and the fruit is sent to Hull, York, London, and other markets There is 



gentleman is active in his endeavors to set on foot a botanic garden. Chapel Allerton, near this town, 

 noted when in the possession of R A. Salisbury, is now a public nursery. 



Bonsham Ball, near Kirkham: Geo. Cholmley, Esq. A 

 large and elegant mansion, on a swell rising from a beautiful 

 valley; the pleasure-grounds finely embellished with plant- 

 ation's but the views rather confined. 

 Bo/we, nearHowden; Hon. \V. Stourton. A seat on a 



The Bull Botanic Garden was established in 1812, by sub- 

 scription. It occupies five acres, and is arranged on the same 

 general plan as that of Liverpool, having been laid out 

 chieflv bv Shepherd, the curator of that garden. The principal 

 walks' which surround and intersect the garden are eight or 

 nine feet broad, and form a total length ot neaily three quar- 

 ters of a mile; particular compartments are set apart tor bog, 

 alpine, and green-house plants ; a pond thirty yards in length, 

 for the growth of aquatics and at the south-west corner ot the 

 garden a mount twelve feet high, admitting, though itself 

 surrounded bv trees, an extensive view of the Humber, the 

 Lincolnshire Joast, and the Wolds. The country round Hull 

 being almost without trees, the shady walks cf this garden form 

 an agreeable resource as a promenade tor the families ot the 

 subscribers. The curator is Mr. William Dorm, nephew to the 

 late curator of the Cambridge Garden. 



KurterUs. There area number in this county, and some 

 are of great extent. The oldest establishments are at \ork 

 and Pomfret ; the first carried on by J. Backhouse. Pontey 

 has a considerable nurserv at Huddersrield, and there are others 

 of greater extent at Cottingham, near Hull, and at Doncaster. 

 The seed of the York cabbage is supplied by Rigg and Son ot 

 York. 



7582. Mansion and demesne residences. 



Aldrvark Belt near Rotheram ; Geo. Foljambe, Esq. 

 Charmingly situated on an eminence rising from the Hon, and 

 skirted with wood down to the river. . _ , . 



Allerton Manleierer, near Knaresborough; Lord Stourton. 

 An elegant mansion, in a park of 400 acres of very rich land, 

 and charrninglv picturesque. It contains a fine octagonal 

 tower, from which are obtained extensive views. 



Birdsel, near Malton ; Lord Middleton. A spacious and 

 commodious mansion and pleasure-grounds, weU planted and 

 arranged. _ ... 



Bradford, -at Bradford; Hustler, Esq. An ingenious 



horticultural amateur, who has a good garden and collecuon 

 of hardy herbaceous plants. . . 



X Brcmham Park near Tadcaster; Geo. Fox, Lsq. A 

 statelv mansion ; the grounds laid out in the last century, in 

 the ancient style, afibrd a good specimen of geometrical 



^BmckeFe'sly Ball, Lincolnshire, near Barton; Lord Yarbo- 

 rough. The park extensive, and diversified with plantations and 

 rising grounds, containing a fine Gothic chapel and mausoleum, 

 by Wvatt Considerable improvements taking place in the 

 kitchen-garden bv substituting espaliers for standard fruit-trees, 

 which had rendered the garden like a closely planted orchard. 



Bilham Home, near Doncaster; W. Hewitt, Esq. The 

 grounds contain a Belvedere (Bel, Italian, fine, beautiful ; and 

 redere, to see,) which commands the most extensive and richest 

 prospect in Yorkshire. 



Burton Constable.-nevr Hedon ; Sir Clifford Constable, Bart, 

 A park spacious though flat, abounding in trees, with extensive 

 walks, a large piece of water, and elegant bridge. 



Care Castle, near Southcave ; H. G. Barnard, Esq. A 

 small but extremely pleasant park, with very large gardens and 

 pleasure-grounds. _ 



Copgrove, near Knaresborough ; Thos. Duncombe, tsq. An 

 elegant mansion on a rising ground, with a pleasing prospect 

 of the lawn, and a fine sheet of water, bounded with wood, 

 winding out of sight bevond a distant hii!. 



Cvsiforth Hall, nea'r Doncaster; W. Wrightson, Esq. An 

 elegant mansion, in one of the finest si.uations in the kingdom. 

 The grounds are every thing that could be desired in a moderate 

 space ; the prosjiects' extensive in all directions over a delight- 

 ful country embellished with gentlemen's seats, churches, and 

 other enlivening objects. 



Denton Park, near Otley ; Sir H. C. Ibbetson. A noble 

 structure, commanding fine views of the Yale of Wharf. 



Bua ingh am, near Market Wrighton; M. Constable, Esq. 

 A large and lofty brick mansion in a flat country ; the park 

 with a successful imitation of a river. 



Eshton Ho//,_ r.earGargrave; M. Wilson, Esq. A cottage 

 with a conical mountain in front wooded to the top, and 

 gardens liberallv provided for, and conducted by J. Douglass, a 

 skilful gardener. There is a good collection of bog plants for 

 which the cold, moist climate of this place is well adapted. 



linningley Park Cottage, near Bawtrey ; Harvey, Esq. 



A curious and elegant shooting cottage, surrounded wi.h every 

 sporting convenience. 



X Farnley Ball, near Otley ; W. Fawkes, Esq. An elegant 

 mansion, high on the side of an immense bank, commanding 

 extensive views of the bank opposite, across the Yale of Wharf. 

 The kitchen-garden and farm well attended to. 



Grimstitne Garth (brimstone Hill), near Heydon ; Charles 

 Grimston, Esq. A superb baronial mansion, on an elevated 

 site in a hillv park. 



X Backfall (Hag-fall, i.e. Witch's fall or valley), near 

 Ripon ; Miss Laurence. A singularly romantic scene, com- 

 posed of a steep- rocky declivity, descending to a woody glen ; 

 the walks along the declivity, showing finely varied news, a 

 cascade, and, at an eievated point, Mowbray, a prospect which, 

 Gilpin says, nature has worked with her broadest pencil. 



X Backness, near Scarborough ; Sir J. V. fi. Johnstone, 

 Bart. Remarkable for the gardens and pleasure-grounds, exe- 

 cuted in a superior style of elegance, in a vale, with a terrace- 

 walk commanding extensive views, and a green-house richly 

 stocked with exotic plants. 



moor, susceptible of great improvement, and of possessing, 

 no great expense, a range of pleasure-grounds, which, in mag- 

 nificence and picturesque beauty, not many places in England 

 could excel. _ 



Kirkleatham Ball, near Guisborough; H. ^ ansittart, Esq. 

 An excellent mansion by Carr ; the gardens extensive, and laid 

 out with much taste ; they contain an octagonal temple, and 

 with the house, the whole" has an air ofprincely grandeur. 



Ledston Lodge, near Abberford; Chr. Wilson, Esq. A 

 handsome mansion, in a fine open country, with agreeable 

 pleasure-grounds. 



MeUnirn, near Pocklington ; Sir H. Vavasour. A band- 

 some brick mansion, in a flat country, finely ornamented with 

 plantations. 



Melton-on-the-hill, near Doncaster ; R. F. Wilson, Esq. A 

 good house and fine grounds, with those extensive prospects so 

 general in this part of the country. 



X Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby; Earl Mulgrave. A 

 Gothic house in a commanding situation on the sea-coast ; the 

 approach roads much admired, and the verdant and marine 

 views both very extensive. 



Xenby Bull, near Ripon ; Lord Grantham. A brick man- 

 sion, supposed by Sir C. >Vren, in 1705 : the pleasure-grounds 

 laid out with most correct taste. 



Orvston, near Doncaster; Phil. Cooke, Efq. An elegant 

 structure on a rising ground in the centre of a rich and fertile 

 country ; the estate enlarged and a good arrondissement formed 

 by the exertions and purchases of the present proprietor. 



X Plumpton, near Knaresborough ; Lord Harewood. Re- 

 markable for its pleasure-grounds, which are studded with 

 detached rocks resembling large coal-cinders ; it contains also a 

 lake abounding in sinuosities. The whole scene of twenty acres 

 is supposed to have been formed out of an old quarry ; like the 

 beautiful garden, mentioned by Brydone (Travetsfn Sicily), near 

 Syracuse. 



Ribstone Ball, near Knaresborough ; Sir H. Goodrick. A 

 house on an eminence, the grounds remarkable for containing 

 the original tree of the Ribstone pippin. 



Ripley, near Knaresborough; Sir W. Ingilby, Bart. The 

 house, built in 1550, is a capacious castellated mansion with 

 a park of old oaks, and a kitchen-garden, remarkable for its 

 complete arrangement of hot-houses, and its collections of 

 culinary and floricultural exotics. 



Sandbeck (Beck, i. e. stream), near Tickhill ; Earl of Scar- 

 borough. A magnificent Grecian mansion in a valley, sur- 

 rounded by high grounds and plantations, containing a fine 

 piece of water and manv miles of gravel- walks. 



Sledmere, near Bridlington; Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart. A 

 mansion from the proprietor's own designs, executed in a su- 

 perior degree of elegance; the pavilions, hot-houses, green- 

 houses, and other ornamental appendages, all in the most ele- 

 gant and appropriate style. 



Streethorpe, near Doncaster; G. C. Yarborough, Esq. A 

 handsome modern mansion, and the plantations and pleasure- 

 grounds laid out with great judgment and taste. 



Hkelton Castle near Gainsborough ; J. Wharton, Esq. An 



extensive fronted mansion, on the banks of a stream which 

 has been expanded into a lake, and appropriate planting and 

 other alterations made in the grounds. 



X HfMjjlrth, near Wetherby ; Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, 

 an eminent botanist and horticultural amateur. The gardens 

 are rich in curious bulbs and other rare plants. 



Sprotbroiigh Hall, near Doncaster; Sir Joseph Copley. A 

 mansion of Charles the Second's time, commanding delightful 

 views of verdant scenerv. 



Stockeld Park, nea'r Wetherby; W. Middleton, Esq. In 

 the grounds is a lake, and on its margin near the house, a 

 rock of a very singular shape, "sixty-five feet in cn-cumfereT-ce 

 and thirty feet high. It is supposed to have given rise to the 

 name of the seat, as Stockheldt, in Germany, signifies the base 

 or pedestal of an image or statue. 



X StudJey Rm/al, near Ripon; Miss Lawience. The 

 pleasure-grounds used to be reckoned the finest in England. 

 Fhey occupy a valley furnished with a brook swelled into ponds, 

 and forming various cascades, terminating in the fine ruin of 

 Fountains Abbey. Th^y abound in seats and buildings, and 

 contain 500 acres, and the park 700 acres. 



Thirkleby Park, near Thirkleby: Sir T. Frankland. A 

 good house, by Wyatt, and the grounds and gardens re- 

 modelled, partly from the proprietor's own ideas, and partly 

 from those of the late Mr. Meikle. They contain some fine old 

 common pine-trees (P. sytv.) and a good" kitchen-garden. 



Wentnxirth Castle, near Bamsley ; H. Vernon, Esq. An 

 extensive fabric, on a considerable eminence, surrounded by an 

 extensive park, containing a piece of water, half-way down 

 the slope, forming, from the house and grounds above," a zone 

 of light which to a stranger has a strange and unnatural effect- 

 Xear the house the grounds indicate the remains of the 

 geometric style, and contain some fine cedars and other exotics, 

 and a flower-garden of embroidery. 



Wheatley Bull, near Doncaster ; Sir Will. Cooke, Bart. On 

 the banks of the Don, in a low but beautiful situation, and 

 decorated with some of the finest oaks in the country. 



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